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House of Power Rangers
Chapter 5: House of Fun
A couple of days after the events with Katie, the rangers, minus Jayden and Mike, were up early, in the indoor dojo. Kevin was using a practice dummy while Mia and Emily sparred. Nina was going to join the others a few minutes, she was sitting on the floor in a corner on her laptop. She had to stay on top of her work, so she was just doing some quick reading before training. She wrote out one more note on the paper pad she had beside her before closing her laptop.
"Is Mike seriously still not awake?" Nina asked. The red ranger wasn't there as he had offered to clean up after breakfast as the others got started. It was pretty cold out, more so than usual today.
"Hey guys!" Mike calls, suddenly entering the room, skateboard in his arms. "Guess what?"
"You're late," Kevin states, unsurprised but Mike just waves him off.
"That's old news."
"What's up?" Emily asks, moving forwards.
"Guess which rangers have the day off?" He cheers.
"Seriously?" Nina asks, shocked. They haven't really had a day off since they got there so it was long overdue but also quite unexpected.
"This isn't a joke?" Mia asks getting excited.
"But we just started our workout," Kevin tells him, turning to high kick the dummy as though it had tried sneaking up on him.
"Dude, are you really going to disobey a direct order from your samurai master?" Mike asks, raising an eyebrow.
"I guess not," the blue ranger chuckles.
"What should I do?" Mia muttered. "I go see that new flick or buy those cute shoes I saw a few weeks ago. I need some that aren't designed for fighting monsters."
"But the sun shining, there are hardly any clouds and there's no rain! It's a too beautiful day to stay cooped up inside," Emily tells them. "Why don't we go to rainbows end? I've never been on a rollercoaster."
"Never?" Mike exclaims, shocked.
"We don't have amusement parks where I'm from."
"Okay, then it's settled," Kevin says.
"This is going to be so fun! I haven't been to Rainbow's End in forever," Nina smiles, going back to pick up her things before the five of them walk out. She turns to put her things in her room and change before meeting with the others, who go and tell Jayden.
A few minutes later, she dressed and ready to go she opens her door and almost crashes into Jayden.
"Whoa! Sorry!" She exclaims as he chuckles.
"Don't worry about it." She notices he's still in his training gear as they walk side by side.
"Did the others tell you we're all going to Rainbow's End?" She asks.
"Yeah, you guys have fun. I'm going to stay here, just in case," he replies.
"You're not coming?" She asks, slightly disappointed but she tries her best not to let it show.
"Not today, maybe next time. But seriously enjoy yourselves, you deserve it," he smiles.
"And you don't?" She questions as they reach the door to the outdoor training grounds.
"I'll see you guys when you get back," he replies, ignoring her question, to which she just sighs before walking to the front door to meet everyone else.
The ride to the amusement park wasn't too long so once the rangers arrived, they still weren't completely sure of what they wanted to do. They didn't want to go on the rollercoaster yet just in case Jayden ended up changing his mind and joined them later. They figured it was a long shot but there was a slim chance and they were going to take it.
"Ooh that looks fun," Kevin says pointing to a ride that seemed to spin and spin until one's heart was content (and their stomach was confused as to whether food should be in or out).
"You know what, Kev? I think you're actually right. I'm rubbing off on you," Mike laughs to which the blue ranger rolls his eyes.
"Come on," Mia cheered, walking as the others start to follow her. They stand in line for the ride for a few minutes, just talking with each other. As they reach the front of the line, they see people beginning to run away from the same direction before the screams begin. Nighlok.
"Seriously," Nina mutters to her friends before the five of them step out of the dispersing line and begin running towards the screams.
"Mia, you call Jayden, everyone else let's go around there and morph," Kevin instructs to which everyone nods. The run behind an abandoned ride, morphing so no one can see them.
"Hey! The rainbows are going to meet their end and Rainbow's End!" The Nighlok cackles as the rangers approach.
"I don't think so," Mike yells as the rangers charge. However, this Nighlok doesn't seem to be like any of the others they've fought.
"Huh, what's happening?" Nina asks. The spin swords are simply cutting through it like jelly. How could they beat a Nighlok they couldn't even touch…
"I don't mean to sound like that Nighlok, but our spin swords and symbol power were, well, useless," Mia says, once they get back to the house. Their fight with the Nighlok, Dreadhead, was a mess. They'd hardly managed to place a hit on the Nighlok, even after Jayden had shown up. Almost everything they tired just went through the Nighlok. If it hadn't dried out…
"Yeah, we weren't even about to touch that Nighlok," Mike sighs.
"That's not true," Nina points out. "We managed to injure him when we hit him together." The room quiets after that comment trying to process everything. They've not come up against an enemy like this yet.
"I've been working on mastering a new power," Jayden says, pulling out a disc.
"Is that what you've been doing all day?" Mia asks, to which he nods.
"A new disc," Kevin says in awe. "Where'd you find it?"
"There are secret discs passed down from previous generations of samurai," Ji begins to explain, turning to Jayden to continue.
"Most of them have been lost in battle so there's a chance that this is the only one left. There's a chance we could beat that Nighlok with this." He opens his mouth as though he wants to say more before shutting it again. Ji sees his hesitation and continues for him instead.
"However, to master this disc, one will need to double the samurai power they already have."
"Twice as much? Are you sure you can handle that?" Mia asks, voicing the other rangers concern but Jayden nods confidently.
"Ji's trained me to believe I can do anything I put my mind to," Jayden says, standing up.
"So why not use it earlier?" Mike asks.
"Next time," he replies simply before leaving the room. Everyone else soon leaves, except Kevin and Nina who stays cross legged on the seat.
"Twice as much power," Kevin repeats. Nina bobs her head slowly.
"He'll do it. I believe in him," she smiles slightly worried, knowing just as well as the rest of them how hard he will work.
About half an hour later, Nina is in her room putting on her shoes before going out to train. She figured since they hardly did any training she might as well squeeze some in now. She walks out to the outdoor dojo, where she finds Jayden still practicing with the disc and by the looks of it, it's not going so great. He prepares his spin sword once more, getting ready to attack. It starts off looking successful,
"Come on, Jayden. You got this," she murmurs, too quiet for him to hear. Unfortunately, her willingness doesn't seem to help because he goes flying back again. It didn't work. Once he gets up again, she makes her presence known.
"I figured you'd be out here."
"Oh Nina, hi. Are you okay?" He asks, leaning against his sword as she walks towards the wooden swords.
"Don't worry about me. I saw you practicing, it looked…" she pauses, looking for the right word. "rough." That's putting it lightly. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I just need to get this."
"Well, I know it's not the same thing but if I find some of my work really hard and I don't see to be getting anywhere, I find that it helps if you take a break and try again with fresh eyes; a better perspective."
"I don't need a break. Not yet," Jayden says, standing straight again.
"I also figured you'd say that, so I didn't come here to stop you," she says picking up two wooden swords. "I wanted to ask if you wanna spar." She tosses one to him, which he catches with one hand smiling, the other still holding his spin sword.
An hour later, Nina decides to call it.
"Wow, okay!" She exhales, laughing. "I see you've been training." He takes her sword, walking over to put them away.
"I'm impressed with how well you kept up," he smiles, proud.
"I could say that same for you," she replies, jokingly, still kind of out of breath. "I'm going to go get something to eat. Are you coming?" She asks hopefully but he shakes his head.
"Not now."
"You need to get it. I know, just be careful. Don't wear yourself out," she says, turning to start walking back instead.
"Nina, wait," he calls. She stops and turns to face him. "I asked you earlier, if you were okay but you told me not to worry about you but I'm always going to worry about you. All of you. You're my team."
"And you're our leader. We get worried about you too." He nods. "I am fine though. Just tired."
"You go eat," he instructs. "I'll come later." She just nods before going inside. She hears him pull out his spin sword and watches him try again.
"Aagh," he yells as he flies back. She sighs before going to shower.
As she finishes, eating with rest of the rangers, (Ji made dinner, luckily), Mia speaks up.
"Has Jayden eaten already?"
"Unless he came in while I was showering, I don't think so," Nina replies.
"I can fix something up for him," she says sliding out of her seat.
"No!" Everyone yells, Ji included, barely thinking of how it sounds.
"We just mean that there's still plenty of food that Mentor cooked leftover. We don't want to waste it," Emily explains, saving everyone.
"Oh, that makes sense. I'll take some out to him," she smiles, buying Emily's story, walking back into the kitchen.
"Nice save, Em," Mike tells her, putting out his fist for Emily to bump.
"I didn't want her feel bad," she says, leaving Mike hanging leaving him to fist bump himself.
"I know what you mean," Nina adds. "I mean the idea is sweet, it's just the execution that's a bit… too creative." Everyone nods, eagerly in agreement.
"Do you guys think Jayden will be okay?" Emily says, asking what everyone else was thinking.
"Of course," Kevin says, unconvincingly. "We need to believe in him."
The next day, early in the morning before the team can even have breakfast, the gap sensor begins ringing throughout the house.
"Seriously?" Mike sighs, exasperated. "The one time I'm up on time."
Kevin just rolls his eyes as they get up, "come on, let's go." They head to the living room, to find out where the Nighlok is.
"It's in the park guys," Mia tells them. The team begin running out, but Nina stays back, noticing someone missing.
"Wait, where's Jayden?" she says, causing the other rangers to halt.
"Go on ahead. He's coming," Ji says suddenly appearing from around a corner. The older three rangers just nod before running out leaving the younger two. Nina sees Emily lock eyes with Ji before nodding at his unasked question.
"Let's go, Nina," she smiles, as Ji walks back out of the room.
"Is he okay?" Nina asks, knowing she knows something.
"He'll be fine," she replies as the two begin running out after the others too.
Jayden eventually joined his team, aiding them in defeating Rofer. Mentor figured since that the rangers had worked extremely hard the past few days and their previous day off lasted all of five minutes, they deserved another day off, all of them. Once again, the rangers found themselves at Rainbow's End, this time with their leader too making everyone very happy. Especially Emily, since everyone was here so they could start with:
"The roller coaster, definitely," Emily told Jayden when he asked which ride, she was most looking forward to. The duo had gone to buy candy floss for the team first.
"I haven't been here in years but I'm glad my first-time back is with you guys." He replies before ordering the six sticks.
"You know, next time, you shouldn't train yourself so hard," Emily starts and when it looks like he's about to say something she tells him quietly: "I saw what happened to you last night." He looks down almost embarrassed. "I didn't tell anyone, but you need balance in your life. Train hard of course but be free and have fun every now and then. A samurai without balance will fall." He smiles at her, impressed by her wisdom.
"Where'd you learn that?" He asks.
"My sister. She was quite the inspiration," she smiles fondly.
"I guess it runs in the family," he smiles to which she blushes lightly. "I'll remember that; thank you," he says as they get back to the team handing them a stick each. They eat it while waiting in the queue for the roller coaster. They buy a few copies of their happy faces on the ride before heading to their next one.
And chapter five is now complete (I'm going to run out of different ways to end these soon)! Hope you guys enjoy this, see you on Tuesday and as usual, thanks for reading!
